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Re: [OM] IMG: Nathan's PAW 27: a bumpy bike ride, pride weekend in rura

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Nathan's PAW 27: a bumpy bike ride, pride weekend in rural Spain, my wife in full voice
From: Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 07:32:46 +0200
They stopped production 3 years ago. We bought one of the very last C5 Tourers 
manufactured, anticipating its extinction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3S8XX4-nCk 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3S8XX4-nCk>

Amities

Philippe on a flying carpet :-)



> Le 18 juil. 2019 à 22:39, <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> 
>     They're still using hydro-pneumatic suspension?  That design was 
> ingenious, and it was once used on the British Centurion tanks.
> 
>     We did everything we could to steer people away from bikes with 
> suspension.  It was the first thing to fail, and it usually cost as much to 
> repair it as it would to buy a new bike.
> 
>> 
>> Well, I feel extremely comfy in my hydro-pneumatic computer assisted 
>> suspension Citroën C5.
>> 
>> BUT I hate it when a bike, any bike, doesn’t allow me to feel the grip, 
>> which is the case with all the bikes with suspension I’ve tried, so far… 
>> still open to persuasion, honest.
>> 
>> Electricity assisted bikes are a boon, and that’s what I now need and want.  
>> 
>> And of course my wheel-chair when in the old people’s home should be 
>> electricity powered (damn the planet at that stage), AND suspended ;-)
>> 
>>> 
>>> Here is what you need, a full suspension gravel bike:
>>> 
>>> https://ninerbikes.com/pages/the-mcr-9-rdo
>>> 
>>> Specifically designed for bumpy and stony field track.
>>> It looks like a great bike for bike-packing trips.
>>> 
> 
> 
> Chris
> 
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro 
>     - Hunter S. Thompson
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